History VideoGame / UrbanReign

''Urban Reign'' is a BeatEmUp from [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 released in 2005. In it you play as Brad Hawk, a "brawler for hire" in the crime-ridden but strangely almost gunless city of Green Harbor. He is hired to find a missing gang member, who has become the catalyst for gang wars across the city. However, the more gangs he beats down, the more answers he gets and the more complicated things become.

* NintendoHard: This game does ''not'' play around. Some of the specific mission don't exactly help matters.

* BoobsOfSteel: Shun Ying Lee is very buxom (as her ''very'' low-cut outfit can attest) and a formidable martial artist at that.

* CoOpMultiplayer: Available normally in the Challenge mode, but a cheat code will allow another player to take control of the 2nd character in the Story & Free Mission modes. Unfortunately the [[CameraScrew camera still only follows the first player]]. This may indicate that the 2-player story/mission mode was an unfinished feature.

* BadassInANiceSuit: Most of the Gangsters who provide the opposition in the 3rd chapter. Particularly Shinkai

* BookEnds: The game opens with Brad arriving in town and gaining the ire of two thugs who of course are the opening mission. At the end of the game, we see the two wondering what gonna happen after everything settles down and cross path with Brad again, but this time they stay out of his way.
* BonusFeatureFailure: The mayor Bordin, has the highest unlocking requirements of any character(S-ranks on most stages), but he's an intentionally terrible fighter with bad moves & stats, with nothing to redeem him. He's really just a token reward to show you've done well.

* CounterAttack: Some characters can perform reversals where they catch an opponents' limb then throw them. The Karatekas can reverse high punches for example while Paul can reverse high & mid kicks.

* ExecutiveSuiteFight: You confront(and pummel) the corrupt Mayor in his office.

* GrappleMove: Urban Reign has more throws than you can shake a stick at. Virtually every character has throws for 3 regions of the opponent's body(head, upper and lower body) when attacking from the front, the same again for attacking from behind, throws for opponents on the ground, throws after running up walls(or an opponent) throw reversals, throw escapes, team throws, throws on multiple opponents, weapon specific throws, and some characters can throw opponents in the air or activate a power-up to gain a different range of throws.

* GuestFighter: Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law from ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'', and they can use many of their moves from their native series too. They have no involvement in the game's story sadly.

* IShallTauntYou: There's a taunt button, when used the character performs a gesture and say a line (such as BringIt)to provoke the enemy. The practical use of this is that it make a dizzy opponent wander helplessly towards you.
* InvulnerableAttack: The power gauge-dependent Special Arts attacks, available to every character,. A major boon for crowd control.

* LauncherMove: Just about every character(even the lowest of mooks!) has a move to knock a foe into the air where they can be juggled some more. Once launched though, a character can escape with a well-timed press of the Dodge button. The Dodge button doesn't respond to Special Arts however, so following a launcher with one results in an inescapable [[{{Combos}} true combo]].

* OneHitKill: Bordin carries(and uses) a gun. You might survive it if you're stationary or walking when he gets you, but it's far more likely that you'll be running at him or attempting an attack, so this'll usually polish you off in one shot.

* WorthyOpponent: How rival hired-muscle Jake sees the protagonist Brad. While he initially takes Brad on for the money, their repeated battles ignite the former-wrestler's competetive spirit and he looks for a last throwdown to see who's tougher.

* WeaponOfChoice: Both the enemy mooks and your helper character get specific weapons suited to their designs. Urban brawlers tend to employ baseball bats, lead pipes and the like, the solders use combat knives, your swordmaster employer uses a unique Chinese sword, etcetera.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:At the end, you find out the Mayor of the city had purposely let loose criminal gangs, and was then going to use Yakuza to take them out, all so he can become popular with the public and run for state governor. It almost works, until Brad beats the leader of the Yakuza and finds letter with his signature on it, exposing all of the mayor's plans.]]

* TheWrestlerInAllOfUs: Most of the characters have signature pro wrestling moves amongst their grappling sets: suplexes, DDT's, facelock jawbreakers, and powerbombs abound. In addition, there are team-up grapples that are [[ShoutOut obvious tributes]] to a number of famous tag teams. The Japanese gangsters even get Wrestling/MasahiroChono style {{Yakuza}} Kicks (in fact, two of the gangster {{mooks}} are named Masa and Hiro).

''Urban Reign'' is a BeatEmUp from [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Namco]] for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 released in 2005. In it you play as Brad Hawk, a "brawler for hire" in the city of Green Harbor. He is hired to find a missing gang member, who has become the catalyst for gang wars across the city. However, the more gangs he beats down, the more answers he gets and the more complicated things become.

* ExtremityExtremist: Taekwando fighter Park doesn't have a single punch (except for an everyman ground-and-pound on a fallen foe). Boxer Grimm comes close, but has one or two basic low kicks.

* ExtremityExtremist: Taekwando fighter Park doesn't have a single punch. Boxer Grimm comes close, but has one or two basic low kicks.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Absolutely every enemy you fight in the game can be unlocked and played as in the Challenge, Versus & Free Mission modes.

* RealityEnsues: William Bordin is not a hardened street fighter or skilled martial artist like the other characters. As a result, he falls easily to a few attacks. On the other hand, he is the only character to use a gun and it deals a OneHitKill...no matter how tough your character is. Turns out that being a skilled martial artist or hardened street fighter doesn't make you capable of surviving a bullet to the head.

* BatmanGambit:[[spoiler: At the end, you find out the Mayor of the city had purposely let loose criminal gangs, and was then going to use Yakuza to take them out, all so he can become popular with the public and run for state governor. It almost works, until Brad beats the leader of the Yakuza and finds letter with his signature on it, exposing all of the mayor's plans.]]
* BattleInTheRain: there's a few of these, but the standout one is the first fight with the karate master Kadonashi.

* CounterAttack: some characters can perform reversals where they catch an opponents' limb then throw them. The Karatekas can reverse high punches for example while Paul can reverse high & mid kicks.

* WeaponOfChoice: both the enemy mooks and your helper character get specific weapons suited to their designs. Urban brawlers tend to employ baseball bats, lead pipes and the like, the solders use combat knives, your swordmaster employer uses a unique Chinese sword, etcetera.

%%* BeatEmUp

%%* RuthlessForeignGangsters

* GangsterLand: The city of Green Harbor is almost ''comically'' abundant with organized crime. There are GangBangers, [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels bikers]], [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]], a [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] syndicate and a ((Yakuza)) clan, not to mention retired professional fighters joining gangs or freelancing. To top it all off, there's even a SleazyPolitician of the utmost corruption governing the city.

* GangsterLand: The city of Green Harbor is almost ''comically'' abundant with organized crime. There are GangBangers, [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels bikers]], [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]], a [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] syndicate and a [[((Yakuza))]] clan, not to mention retired professional fighters joining gangs or freelancing. To top it all off, there's even a SleazyPolitician of the utmost corruption governing the city.

* GangsterLand: The city of Green Harbor is almost ''comically'' abundant with organized crime. There are GangBangers, [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels bikers]], [[FromCamouflageToCriminal ex-military]], a[[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad]] syndicate and a [[Yakuza]] clan, not to mention retired professional fighters joining gangs or freelancing. To top it all off, there's even a SleazyPolitician of the utmost corruption governing the city.

* RealityEnsues: William Bordin is not a hardened street fighter or skilled martial artist like the other characters. As a result, he falls easily to a few attacks.
** On the other hand, he is the only character to use a gun and it deals a OneHitKill...no matter how tough your character is. Turns out that being a skilled martial artist or hardened street fighter doesn't make you capable of surviving a bullet to the head.
** William Bordin is also a playable character. He is a secret character with ''very'' high requirements to unlock. Naturally, you'd expect him to have amazing stats befitting an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Character]]. Well, you'd be wrong. Turns out that former head of a security company turned city mayor isn't conducive to being a skilled brawler.

* BeatEmUp

* RuthlessForeignGangsters

* SteveBlum: Voices Brad.

* WeaponOfChoice - both the enemy mooks and your helper character get specific weapons suited to their designs. Urban brawlers tend to employ baseball bats, lead pipes and the like, the solders use combat knives, your swordmaster employer uses a unique Chinese sword, etcetera.

* SNKBoss: Golem is frequently immune to stagger and deals exceptionally high damage. He also tends to carry a fireaxe with him and has one single unavoidable attack.

* GuestFighter: Paul Phoenix and Marshall Law from ''{{Tekken}}'', and they can use many of their moves from their native series too. They have no involvement in the game's story sadly.